Learn what a USB to Serial adapter is used for, when you might need one, and whether installing a driver is required for it ...

Modern USB devices are secretly still using this 40-year-old tech ...

Hello hard working (and hardly working) arsians:<BR><BR>I am currently working in a lab where I have to interface up to 7 ion-gauges, which are RS-232 serial devices, with a single computer. Now ...

Without some good means of input and output, a computer makes a pretty good doorstop or boat anchor. Once we start plugging things into a computer, however, it can receive data and instructions, ...

http://blog.fabulatech.com – Serial port virtualization has acquired a great demand on the software market. New virtual technologies have made a great step further ...

I have been working with computers since the late 70s, and that's not for boasting purposes, but to tell you where I come from. When I started, I was always told to NEVER plug/unplug the following ...

The modern world runs on USB, also known as Universal Serial Bus. Whether it's the old-school USB-A ports built into hotel lamps or high-powered Thunderbolt powering entire workstations, USB is still ...

For years I have been wondering when Cisco would activate the USB ports on their devices. I have been hoping for all kinds of USB functionality to routers, switches, firewalls but Cisco has been slow ...

The first USB port hit the market in 1996, and the Universal Serial Bus quickly became the go-to port for connecting peripheral devices to computers. It remains a popular connection port today, with ...